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The Redemption Of Hank McCoy in The Daily LITG, 16th January, 2026

The Redemption Of Hank McCoy, The Beast was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround.

The Redemption Of Hank McCoy, The Beast was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Lying In The Gutters is the daily runaround for the most-read stories the day before, as well as over the past seven years. Founded seventeen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book industry gossip for a further eighteen years before that, Bleeding Cool has become one of the longest-standing and most well-known pop culture websites around. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running runaround the day before and possibly the day ahead. In summary, you can sign up to receive Lying In The Gutters as an email here. And maybe you just have.

The Redemption Of Hank McCoy, The Beast and the top ten stories from yesterday

1. Tom Brevoort Was Against The Redemption Of Hank McCoy, The Beast
2. Tom King, Mary Jane Watson, Lois Lane & Jim Lee in Superman/Spider-Man
3. Tom King Was To Finish Frank Miller And Jim Lee's All Star Batman
4. The Next Big X-Men Event Begins On Free Comic Book Day
5. Tom King Confirms The Matriarch is The Daughter Of The Sovereign
6. Two New Joes, Downrange and R.C. First Appearances in G.I. Joe #325
7. John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chew Returns in Comics! The Magazine
8. Tomb Raider Series Offers First Look at Sophie Turner's Lara Croft
9. 15 Marvel X-Men Solicits For April 2026, With Cyclops, Rogue & Storm
10. Law & Order: SVU Season 27: Our S27E10: "Fidelis ad Mortem" Preview

And some other stories I wrote yesterday:

• Action Returns With Garth Ennis And Rob Williams In April 2026
• Oni Press Names Sam Kusek as Director of Business Development
• Marvel's Spider-Man/Superman in The Daily LITG, 15th January, 2026

LITG one year ago, Eric Kripke on LA Fires

1. Supernatural/The Boys: Eric Kripke Posts Heartbreaking LA Fires Update
2. Image Comics No Longer Available To Diamond, Dstlry Remains Optimistic 
3. Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer Creator Michael Connelly Addresses LA Wildfires
4. Scott Snyder Goes Back and Changes A Bit Of Absolute Batman #4
5. The Top Thirty Companies That Diamond Owes Money To
6. How Much Does Diamond Owe? Comic Book Folk React To Bankruptcy News
7. Astonishing Avengers Spins Out Of Today's Avengers Assemble Finale
8. Diamond Comic Distributors Declares Bankruptcy
9. Two and a Half Men: Cryer, Sheen "Don't Have a Relationship Anymore"
10. Blackjack O'Hare Finds A New Partner In Immortal Thor #19 (Spoilers)
11. Frank Miller Pays Tribute To The Firemen Of Los Angeles
12. How Marvel's Phil Coulson Was Marked For Death As A Boy
13. PrintWatch: Absolute Batman #1 Gets A Fifth Printing
14. Eric Kripke on LA Fires in The Daily LITG, 15th of January 2025

LITG, two years ago, Ghostbusters' Slimer

1. Make Room for Hasbro's New Ghostbusters Squash & Squeeze Slimer
2. Cobra Commander #1 Spoiler Cover Hits eBay (Spoilers Obviously)
3. Jason Aaron To Write The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
4. 86 Shots Of Cosplay From MegaCon Live London 2024
5. Looking At DC Comics' New Corner Boxes For 2024
6. Two Different Lois Lanes, Two Different Supermen (Spoilers)
7. Gail Simone Literally Makes Surprise Cameo In Beast World (Spoilers)
8. A Warm Welcome To The Massive-Verse For Ten Bucks In July
9. Jay Garrick, The Flash, Gets A Brand New, Darker, Origin (Spoilers)
10. Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Has Sold Copies For $45 Already
11. Did Alan Scott Take The Place Of The Golden Age Superman?
12. Tom King Reveals The Future Of DC Comics In Wonder Woman (Spoilers)
13. Miami Dolphins, Chiefs & Peacocks in the Daily LITG, 15th January 2024

LITG three years ago, Timothy Olyphant's Raylan

1. Justified: City Primeval Shares New Look at Timothy Olyphant's Raylan 
2. Three-Body Problem: Chinese TV Series Set to Premiere on January 15th
3. Supernatural Meets Smallville in Michael Rosenbaum's Must-See IG Post
4. Tangent Green Lantern & Horror Comics: The 5G Files Chapter Eighteen
5. Ram V's Swamp Thing Was 5G Version: The 5G Files Chapter Seventeen
6. New Powers For Power Girl? (Lazarus Planet Spoilers)
7. Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton #1 Preview: Batman Needs a New Hat
8. Luthor's Bodyguard Mercy Graves Gets Powers (Lazarus Planet Spoilers) 
9. Dan DiDio's Big Red 5G Reset Button: The 5G Files Chapter Sixteen
10. Edgar Wright Directs McDonald's TV Ad That Doesn't Show McDonald's
11. Lou Fine's Classic Red Bee Cover on Hit Comics #5, Up for Auction
12. Canadian Comic Store Closure Blamed On Cannabis Legalisation
13. The Debut of Streak the Wonder Dog in Green Lantern #30, at Auction
14. Suzume: Yen Press to Publish Novel of Latest Mokoto Shinkai Movie
15. The Summer Hikaru Died: Sought-after Horror Manga Out in July
16. The Stealth Marvel Boy Cover on Bell's Astonishing #29, Up for Auction
17. Long Before Zack Snyder, When Superman First Wore The Black Suit
18. Where Aliens Vs Predator First Began, In 1989's Dark Horse Presents
19. The 5G Files All Over The Daily LITG, 15th January 2023

LITG four years ago, Witcher Peace On Twitter

1. The Witcher Showrunner Brings Peace to Twitter; Middle East Next?
2. Zachary Levi Talks Chuck Return: "Close to Making Something Happen"
3. Saturday Morning X-Men '92 Does House Of X And Krakoa
4. Can Shock Drive Genesect Be Shiny In Pokémon GO?
5. Now Everyone Get Seinfeld Cover Of Batman/Superman World's Finest #1
6. Doctor Who: So Wait, Danny Dyer is the Next Doctor AND James Bond?!
7. Predator Lawsuit Is Over, Disney Settles Copyright Claim
8. Yes, Marvel Comics Knows Disney Has Settled The Predator Lawsuit
9. Rumors Over More Fantastic Four Adjacent Characters in Black Panther 2
10. Arrow: Stephen Amell on Arrowverse vs Reality; Offers Ramsey Congrats
11. Pantha #1 Sells Out, But #2 Orders Are Too Low – Goes Back To FOC
12. Usagi Yojimbo Makes His Debut, Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions
13. PrintWatch: Avengers Forever, Shang-Chi & Death Of Doctor Strange
14. Whiz Comics #58 From The Promise Collection Taking Bids At Heritage
15. Jim Lee X-Men #1 Original Cover Art Was Bought To Match The Rest Of It
16. Marvel Shows Restraint With Only 14 Amazing Spider-Man #1 Variants
17. Gabriel Hardman Joins Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary OGN
18. Tales From The Crypt #23 CGC 9.4 Copy Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions
19. Did Harley Quinn #4 Feature First Appearance Of Poison Ivy's… Bush?
20. Now Everyone Get Seinfeld Cover Of Batman/Superman World's Finest #1
21. The Witcher And Twitter In The Daily LITG, 15th January 2022

LITG five years ago, Dave Bautista's Manatee-Watch

The world keeps turning, and America keeps burning. And Dave Bautista knows just what manatees need his help.

1. Dave Bautista Offers $20K Bounty for "MAGATs" Who Defaced a Manatee
2. Law & Order: SVU: Benson & Stabler Are Back- And A Little Bit Closer
3. CW Update: Riverdale Spinoff, Arrow S09, Lost Boys, Swamp Thing, More
4. Walker Star Jared Padalecki Says Jensen Ackles Will Be On The Show
5. Alison Brown of the London Cartoon Museum Has Died, Aged 39
6. The Unreleased Unova Shinies In Pokémon GO – Part Four
7. Transformers Thundercracker Takes to the Sky With New Hasbro Figure
8. Is The Machop Community Day Ticket Worth Buying In Pokémon GO?
9. TOLDJA: The Return Of The Authority To DC Comics
10. Riverdale Star Lili Reinhart Offers Detail on Post-Time Jump Betty
11. Patrick Gleason Sells Out Own Exclusive Venom Webhead Cover
12. Dr Manhattan Returns To DC Comics In Rorschach #7
13. Teen Lantern and Jo Mullein Join John Stewart in Green Lantern #1
14. Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen on Batman In April
15. Remnant Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman in RWBY/Justice League
16. TOLDJA: The Return Of The Authority To DC Comics
17. DC Comics April 2021 Solicitations In Full – Now With Added Batman
18. Milk, Cheese & Witchblood – Thank FOC It's Friday, 15th January
19. Former DC Comics Execs & James Killen Launch Endpaper Entertainment
20. Dark Horse Comics To Run Harassment/Discrimination Prevention Training
21. Batman: The Dark Knight #1 With Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert in April
22. Marvel Ch-Ch-Changes For Black Widow #5, Marauders #18 and SWORD #3
23. Patrick Gleason Will Now Always Be Drawing Webhead Cover Variants
24. Next Batman And Robin – Tim Fox, Damian Wayne Get Own DC Comics

LITG six years ago, Flash Met Flash ahead of Snyder Cut news

And X Of Swords was on the way.

1. "Crisis" Management: The Flash Met [SPOILER] – Snyder Cut Soon?
2. Marvel Editors Confirm "Big X-Men Crossover," More X-Books, and New Class of X-Kids for 2020
3. 'Everything Happened' – Including the Proposal to Barbara Gordon – as Nightwing #68 Gets Closer to Dick Grayson
4. Damian Wayne – Baby Hitler? Legion Of Super-Heroes #3 Spoilers
5. "Supernatural": Jared Padalecki's "Walker", "Superman & Lois" to Series
6. More A4: Empyre with a Y Covers Reveal X-Men Tie-in, Wolverine and Spidey in Fantastic Four
7. Ralph Macchio Feels the Black Widow's Sting in April
8. Marvel's Punisher Skull Now Used For QAnon Recruitment
9. "Wynonna Earp" Season 4: SYFY Series' Return to Purgatory Now Official
10. Marvel Launches New iWolverine Comic Series For Iron Man 2020

LITG seven years ago, Superboy was 17 years old

And Sylvester Stallone was pushing Last Blood.

1. Jonathan Kent, Superboy, is Now 17 Years Old…
2. Sylvester Stallone Shares Some New Pictures from Rambo V: Last Blood
3. How Uncanny X-Men #10 Sets Up Age Of X-Man…. (SPOILERS)
4. Invaders #1 Rewrites History of Namor… and the X-Men (Spoilers)
5. Batman/Flash Heroes In Crisis Crossover Now Called 'The Price' – And Who Killed Robin Anyway?

Comic book industry birthdays

Comics folk are still getting older and still celebrating that special date.

• Jamie Coville, comics journalist.
• Don Alsafi, employee at G-Mart Comics, Chicago
• Mike Schwartz, creator of Oceanverse comic strip.
• Stephen Sutherland, writer of NeverEnding comic
• David M. DeVries, writer on Suicide Squad
• Steve Erwin, comics artist, co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics
• My mum.

If you are in comics and have a birthday coming up – or you know someone who has – get in touch at richjohnston@gmail.com.

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